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Calming Your Anxious Heart’s To Do List

Does anyone else get anxious when you realize you are entering the "last part" of your daily planner for the year?  As in, that moment when you realize that you only have this small fraction of an inch left to accomplish the goals you set for yourself in January? For me, it's the part to the right of the orange divider. Everything to the left is the year-to-date.Yes, it makes me anxious. It makes me want a bigger to-do-list. Subconsciously, I begin calculating how many hours I need to cut ... VIEW POST

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When You Can’t Hear God

Sometimes I call out to my kids in another room and there is no answer. Deafening silence. Surely, there's a great reason for completely ignoring the angelic voice of their mother, right? As I traipse off the their rooms to find the reason they're ignoring my calls, I see right away what the problem is. They've got these giant headphones strapped onto their noggins, the volume of whichs drowns out the voice of the one who birthed them. As soon as they take off the headphones, they can ... VIEW POST

How Long Is A Minute – Christian Devotions

This post was originally posted on christiandevotions.us on November 24, 2013, however the Christian Devotions site was a victim of a cyber attack and they've had to rebuild.This breaks my heart - who attacks a devotional website? Sheesh!I've asked the site editor about resubmitting the original content. If that doesn't happen, I'll repost it here for you.I'll keep you posted.XOXO,Karen ... VIEW POST

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On Being A Shoe Noticer…

My heart is sad over the loss of Robin Williams this morning. For my friends in other countries who may not recognize the name, he was an American actor and comedian who recently committed suicide. The nation was shocked because he played roles that were funny. He was known for playing family roles, heartwarming roles, and roles that were both. No one could understand why or how this happened, since he has had a successful long-standing career and even had four future films that are ... VIEW POST